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December 4th, 2019, 21:39 Posted By: wraggster
YouTube Gaming has lightened its restrictions on video game violence to be in line with its other policies surrounding scripted or simulated content, opting to avoid age gates for a wider swath of violent game content.
In support post from YouTube Gaming, it was announced that beginning today, "scripted or simulated violent content" coming from video games would be handled just like the same content from other forms of media, such as film or TV. According to YouTube, this specifically means:
- Future gaming uploads that include scripted or simulated violence may be approved instead of being age-restricted.
- There will be fewer restrictions for violence in gaming, but this policy will still maintain our high bar to protect audiences from real-world violence.
- We may still age-restrict content if violent or gory imagery is the sole focus of the video. For instance, if the video focuses entirely on the most graphically violent part of a video game.
YouTube has a more specific list of violence restrictions and prohibitions in its policies that outline the kinds of violence, gore, and graphic content that can be age-gated or removed, with gentler rules for instances where the content is contextualized in some way.
Finally, the update noted that this change does not affect its advertiser guidelines or how videos are monetized.
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December 4th, 2019, 21:38 Posted By: wraggster
Black Friday digital gaming sales reached a record high this year according to SuperData, hitting a total of $4.36 billion from Black Friday through Cyber Monday.
SuperData shares that digital spending for the shopping weekend rose 9% year-over-year thanks to major game releases such as Death Stranding and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare as well as to in-game content deals and major digital sales on digital storefronts.
Free-to-play games accounted for much of this total, bringing in $3.3 billion in in-game spending total, up 13% year-over-year. Premium PC content brought in $300 million.
Though it accounted for a good chunk of the holiday revenue, SuperData adds that in the US, in-game spending made up 79% of all digital games revenue in 2018, a percentage that is expected to remain relatively steady in 2019. However, digital spending overall is expected to continue to grow, and SuperData predicts that with the advent of new subscription services like Google Stadia and ongoing ones like Xbox Game Pass, digital games subscription revenue will rise 47% from 2019 to 2020, reaching $1.15 billion next year.
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December 4th, 2019, 21:30 Posted By: wraggster
Dutch football manager Marco van Basten has been removed from FIFA 20 "until further notice."
Players who log in will receive a message from EA, shared by Twinfinite, explaining that van Basten is also no longer available in FIFA Ultimate Team packs, FUT drafts or squad building challenges.
The removal is in response to comments the former Netherlands striker made while worked as an analyst for the Dutch branch of Fox Sports. In an interview with a German coach, van Basten said, "Sieg Heil."
While literally translating to "Hail Victory," the phrase is known for its use at Nazi rallies.
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November 26th, 2019, 18:18 Posted By: wraggster
Outside of Google, Xbox and PlayStation, there is another huge company company taking major strides in the game streaming space.
EA's Project Atlas began testing in September, with FIFA 19, Need for Speed Rivals, Titanfall 2 and Unravel available to play across numerous devices. It is yet another platform to sit alongside Stadia, xCloud and PlayStation Now, which is why it was surprising to see EA's chief technology officer Ken Moss at Microsoft's X019 event to announce that several more EA titles will be coming to xCloud.
"We definitely do not see it that [we're competitors]," Moss tells GamesIndustry.biz. "That is really not our goal. We haven't announced exact next steps on what we're doing with ours. We are pushing it, but I view it as actually part of our strategy -- bringing our games out to the cloud and taking the learnings back to our studios, giving us the information on how we need to evolve our core platforms like Frostbite and our services platform and AI. That's what we are doing. We're not at all interested in competing on platforms."
<figure class="small">Moss is a lifelong gamer, but has spent much of his career at major organisations such as Microsoft and eBay on non-games projects. However, the allure of the cloud drew him to the games business.
</figure>"I've seen it transform so many things and the opportunity in games is incredibly exciting and not really achieved yet," he says. "I truly believe that these forces -- cloud and AI -- will change just about everything in games. It's going to be a five or ten year journey for us, but I say that confidently. I don't even think that's a bold prediction.
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November 25th, 2019, 18:30 Posted By: wraggster
Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is back at No.1 in the UK physical charts despite a 16% drop in sales week-on-week.
The shooter replaces Pokémon Sword, which dropped 58% in sales and falls to No.3 (Pokémon Sword drops 65% in sales, and goes from No.3 to No.5). It's a pretty good second week for the Pokémon duo, as the last major Pokémon games -- Sun and Moon -- dropped by more than 70% in their second week.\
Of course, Call of Duty is available on multiple formats. In terms of single formats, Pokémon Sword is No.1 ahead of the PS4 version of Modern Warfare.
It was a very strong week for Nintendo Switch. Following a series of pre-Black Friday deals across retail, Switch hardware received a significant boost and so did its software. Luigi's Mansion 3 is still at No.6 after an 11% rise in sales, Mario Kart 8: Deluxe is back at No.7 with a 26% rise in sales, Minecraft on Switch is at No.8 with a 43% sales boost, while Mario & Sonic At The Tokyo Games its at No.8 after a 4% sales uptick (the game has been out three weeks, and has seen sales increase each and every week so far, a rare feat for any game in the boxed charts).
That's six Switch exclusives in the Top Ten, with a further eight throughout the rest of the Top 40. Super Mario Party (No.37), The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (No.32), New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe (No.30), Super Mario Odyssey (No.29) Super Smash Bros Ultimate (No.27), Super Mario Maker (N0.20) and Ring Fit Adventure (No.15) all rose in sales week-on-week, too.
Another big success this week is Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The game has held its second position after a strong second week, where boxed sales were down just 47%.
Perhaps not so successful is the release of Shenmue III. The follow-up to the Dreamcast classics comes in at No.17. Only released on PS4, the new release sold a little more than half of last year's Shenmue I and II remaster (PS4 sales only). However, the numbers for this game have been skewed by the fact almost 70,000 gamers backed the title via Kickstarter.
The game debuts a place below this year's Football Manager 2020. As a PC title, the majority of sales for the Sports Interactive game will have come from digital downloads (which are not included here). It's the first game in the series to be released in a box using new eco-friendly packaging.
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November 22nd, 2019, 22:58 Posted By: wraggster
Russia is projected to become the third-largest European market this year, growing 57% to surpass France in terms of overall revenue.
That's according to a joint report published by SuperData and Wargaming, which examines the games industry in the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Currently Russia is the fourth-biggest video game market in Europe, contributing 8% ($1.7 billion) of revenue in 2018.
As the current console generation draws to a close, there is a projected decline in market activity across Europe.
Despite this, the Russian game market is expected to grow by 57%, thanks primarily mobile which saw a 51% increase from 2017 to 2018, grossing $561 million.
PC gaming remains the most popular platform in Russia however. Last year, there was an average of 79 million monthly active PC users; this figure is set to grow by 3% in 2019.
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November 22nd, 2019, 22:53 Posted By: wraggster
The latest entry to the Pokémon franchise has taken up three spots in the top ten of the EMEAA charts this week.
Despite Nintendo not reporting digital sales figures, Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield are No. 1 and No. 3 respesctively, while a special pack including both games ranks at No. 9.
Yesterday The Pokémon Company revealed that Pokéon Sword and Shield have becoming the fastest-selling games to date on the Switch, shifting six million units during the first week.
Meanwhile, combined digital and retail sales saw Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order arrived at No. 2 this week.
Record-breaking Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has been knocked off the top spot after just one week, and currently sits at No. 4.
FIFA 20 still enjoys a solid position in the charts over a month since launch, ranking at No. 5 while Death Stranding has fallen from an opening week position of No. 2 to No. 6 this week.
Grand Theft Auto V is the only game not released within the last two months to appear in the charts, down a few spots from the week prior, to rank No. 10.
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November 18th, 2019, 21:57 Posted By: wraggster
Pokémon Sword and Shield have enjoyed a strong opening weekend in the UK boxed charts.
Pokémon Sword alone is the UK No.1, and the biggest exclusive game of the year. In fact, Pokémon Sword is the third biggest boxed game launch of 2019, behind FIFA 20 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (which were released on multiple platforms).
Pokémon Shield comes in at No.3. To confuse matters, the double pack -- Pokémon Sword and Shield: Dual Edition -- is listed separately, and arrives at No.7. For the sake of the following analysis, we are going to combine the sales of the three listings (Sword, Shield and Dual Edition). However, as the 'Dual Edition' is a bundle of both Sword and Shield, we are putting in brackets what the numbers would be if you counted this version as double (as it includes both games).
Combined together, the titles have secured the second biggest launch for Pokémon games in UK history, having sold 33% (or 43%) more units than 2010's Black and White on Nintendo DS. The new games have also sold 53% (or 64.6%) more units at launch than last year's Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee, which were also released on Nintendo Switch.
However, they could not topple the success of Pokémon Sun and Moon. Sun and Moon were released during the Pokémon Go phenomenon of 2016 and together they represent the biggest Nintendo launch in the UK (ever). Compared to those 3DS games, Sword and Shield's debut sales are 39% (or 34.5%) lower.
It's worth noting that the UK charts run from Sunday to Saturday, and Sun and Moon launched on a Wednesday -- so had two extra days of sales compared to Sword and Shield (which launched on Friday). In addition, digital downloads (which have been increasing for Nintendo) are not included in this sales data. Sun and Moon were also released during a more positive period for the IP, with Sword and Shield having been subject to criticism from some fans during the pre-launch campaign.
In between the Pokémon releases is Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order at No.2. It's a very strong opening for EA's new Star Wars adventure, and it's the fourth biggest boxed game launch of the year so far.
Sales are 33% lower than the last big EA Star Wars game - Star Wars: Battlefront II, which was released in November 2017. However, EA has stated it doesn't have the same level of expectation for this title, as it's a story-driven adventure, rather than a multiplayer shooter. Furthermore, digital sales are not included.
The PS4 version of Fallen Order accounted for 66% of sales, with the Xbox One edition making up the 34% remainder.
The only other new game in the Top 40 is Terminator Resistance at No.38.
Last week's big release was Death Stranding for PS4. The Hideo Kojima game suffers a sizeable drop in its second week on sale, falling 71% in sales. The game therefore drops from No.2 to No.8.
Need for Speed: Heat, which debuted at No.5 last week, drops 38% in sales and falls to No.11. Meanwhile, Mario & Sonic At The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games actually rose in sales during its second week (sales up 12%), however the game still falls from No.8 to No.10.
With Mario Kart 8: Deluxe at No.9 and Luigi's Mansion 3 at No.6, there are six Nintendo Switch exclusives in the Top Ten.
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November 17th, 2019, 21:27 Posted By: wraggster
Recovering from a big bet that didn't quite pay off can be one of the toughest things a games company has to go through. There's an expectation of constant growth, that your titles will get bigger and better each time, but sometimes the scope can expand beyond your capabilities as a studio.
This was the case with Sniper Ghost Warrior 3, the 2017 open-world first-person shooter by Polish developer CI Games. The game was more ambitious than anything the studio had made to date, yet didn't have the impact or sales the company needed.
Just three months after its launch, CI Games admitted it was a "big mistake" in aiming for the AAA shooter space, trying to stand alongside titles developed by bigger teams with much bigger budgets.
<figure class="small">The game was by no means a failure, but even the one million sales it managed did not prevent CI Games from significantly downsizing a year later. CEO Marek Tymiński tells GamesIndustry.biz the total sales are now close to 1.5 million units, which -- while still not up to the company's own expectations -- is "not a bad result."
</figure>In 2019, the series returns with Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts, and Tymiński is confident the game will rectify the mistakes made with its predecessor, with CI Games determinedly avoiding comparison with AAA games.
"We have fixed most of the problems that SGW3 had, but competing with major games is tough and requires large teams," he says. "Our internal studio is only around 35 people.
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November 17th, 2019, 21:10 Posted By: wraggster
Without surprise, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was the best-selling game in October in the US, as well as the "best-selling game of the year to date," NPD reported in its monthly charts.
NPD's VG industry analyst, Mat Piscatella, pointed out that it's the "12th consecutive year a Call of Duty game has ranked as the best-selling game of its release month," adding that the series remains the best-selling franchise in the US since NPD started tracking games sales.
Debuting at No.2 was The Outer Worlds, while Luigi's Mansion 3 took third place -- though it's worth noting that unlike Activision and Take-Two, Nintendo doesn't share its digital sales with NPD so the game would have likely charted higher if it had been the case as it's been performing extremely well elsewhere.
"Luigi's Mansion 3 set a new launch month franchise sales record, besting the previous high set by Luigi's Mansion," Piscatella commented.
A result of this good performance was the Switch taking the crown for best-selling hardware of October -- and overall the best selling console of 2019 so far.
Hardware spending overall was down 41% compared to October 2018, to $182 million, with the Switch being the only console which saw its sales increase both in October as well as year-to-date.
Meanwhile, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint had to settle for No.6 for its first month in the charts, while WWE 2K20 debuted at No.7. Ring Fit Adventure seems to have performed quite well in the US, entering the October charts at No.10.
Total spending across hardware, software, accessories and game cards reached $1.03 billion in October.
But it didn't reach the heights of October 2018, which had been the best October month of the past decade, with $1.57 billion spent -- October 2019 had to settle for second best October of the decade.
Software sales in particular declined quite sharply year-on-year, with a 37% decrease in spending.
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November 17th, 2019, 21:08 Posted By: wraggster
For much of the current decade, every single year was declared to be the eve of VR's ascendency. The big breakthrough, the headsets and the software that would finally bring this technology surging into mainstream adoption was always coming next year, like a desert mirage promising water on the horizon that never really gets any closer.
It's been a while, though, since we heard that claim; bold predictions about VR have been sobered by the harsh reality that even with decent-quality headsets and some pretty good software, it turns out that VR in its current form simply isn't something most consumers are excited enough about to push them over the barriers to entry. "Adapting to smartphones was hard; AR will be harder. Yet the pot of gold at the end of that rainbow is so tantalising, it's impossible not to chase after it"
If VR has been tested and found somewhat wanting (for now -- all bets are off when new technologies enter the space, as they inevitably will), AR remains a tantalising prospect that's eternally even further over the horizon. The same expectations that VR's boom was coming next year... next year... no, next year, for real this time -- these were almost always paired with equally confident predictions that AR glasses would hit the mainstream just three or four years later. Even as VR has settled back into something more like a holding pattern -- it's not going away, but it's not the boom many had hoped for either -- the excitement over AR continues to build apace, both in the games sector and far beyond.
It's hard not to be a little cynical about a technology that's been held out as being just over the horizon for such a long time -- but it's far harder to deny the real potential of AR. The concept itself overcomes one of the key problems with VR, whose very selling point -- total immersion -- actually turned out to be a weakness as it became clear how few consumers are willing to spend much time so completely cut off from their physical surroundings. AR builds on your experience of the world around you rather than cutting you off from it, a distinction which creates almost limitless potential for the technology -- while also creating significant additional technical challenges over and above those VR has struggled with thus far.
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November 17th, 2019, 21:07 Posted By: wraggster
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has established a beachhead on the EMEAA charts. Activision's latest shooter was the No. 1 game in terms of combined physical and digital unit sales for the third straight week, fending off challenges from five new entries into the top 10.
The PS4-exclusive Death Stranding came the closest to toppling Call of Duty, debuting in the second spot on the charts, followed closely by fellow new release Need for Speed: Heat. The remaining new arrivals in the top 10 included two Switch exclusives -- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020 (sixth place) and Layton's Mystery Journey (ninth place) -- as well as the multiplatform Just Dance 2020 (tenth place).
The only other new release in the top 50 was Jumanji: The Video Game, which wound up 38th on the chart.
As for big movers, Paradox's Cities: Skylines on the PC surged from 277th place to 31st and Middle-earth: Shadow of War jumped from 52nd to 14th. Headed the other direction were Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, which fell from seventh to 25th, and The Outer Worlds, which dropped from tenth to 24th.
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November 8th, 2019, 20:46 Posted By: wraggster
Luigi's Mansion 3 failed to unseat Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in the EMEAA charts, which remained the No.1 game in terms of retail, digital and combined sales.
Modern Warfare stormed to the top last week, though it could be argued that The Outer Worlds, MediEvil and the notoriously buggy WWE 2K20 didn't amount to serious competition.
Luigi's Mansion 3 is another matter. It is one of the most significant Switch exclusives of the year, behind the clear favourite Pok?mon Sword and Shield. However, despite the pedigree and the captive audience on Nintendo's console, it only finished second in the combined physical and digital sales chart.
Call of Duty remained top of every single chart provided by ISFE GSD: physical, digital and combined, in terms of both units sold and money earned.
The only other new entry in the combined EMEAA chart was Nighthawk Interactive's Disney Classic Games: Aladdin + The Lion King, which made it to 14th place.
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November 7th, 2019, 20:57 Posted By: wraggster
Roughly 78% of gaming preteens ages 10 to 12 watch online gaming videos, along with around 67% of children ages seven to nine, according to a study from SuperData.
A survey of 1,000 US parents who had at least one child between the ages of seven and 12 that played games at least once a week found that those children would primarily watch gaming videos on YouTube or Twitch to improve their own skills, or because they enjoyed the personalities of the video creators.
Of all those surveyed, 33% played Roblox, 26% played Fortnite, and 24% played Minecraft. Tablet was the most popular device among the younger players (used by 55% of children ages seven to nine), though console was a close second with 54% of the same group using it. The older respondents ages 10 to 12 were more overwhelmingly interested in consoles (76%). PC was the least popular overall, with only 33% of children ages seven to nine and 28% of preteens ages ten to 12 reporting using it.
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November 7th, 2019, 20:48 Posted By: wraggster
It's no surprise to learn that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare dominated the monthly physical charts in the UK this October.
Having launched two weeks later than its predecessor, it makes it difficult to directly compare its monthly performance with Black Ops 4. Purely looking at the figures, Modern Warfare sold 28% fewer copies than its predecessor did during its first month, though adding that extra fortnight and the shift to digital sales, it's highly likely it actually performed better than Black Ops 4.
That is backed by the fact Activision revealed last week that Modern Warfare was the fastest-selling entry in the series this generation, grossing $100 million more than Black Ops 4 in its first three days, while physical launch sales were 39% higher than the previous entry.
Focusing back on the October charts, it's worth noting that Modern Warfare sold primarily on PS4 -- 62% of the physical copies were shifted on Sony's platform, versus 38% on Xbox One.
Meanwhile, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint had to settle for No.3 for its first month on shelves. Ubisoft's title wasn't able to beat FIFA 20, which took No.2 after debuting at the top of the charts in September. Sales for EA's football behemoth were only down 37% month-on-month and only a couple of thousand copies separated FIFA 20 from Modern Warfare.
Ghost Recon Breakpoint sold 74% fewer copies than predecessor Ghost Recon Wildlands did during its first month back in March 2017 -- and that was a very busy month, with the game competing with Horizon Zero Dawn, Breath of the Wild and Mass Effect Andromeda. Breakpoint is likely to have done much better digitally, though.
WWE 2K20, despite being mired with bugs and glitches at launch, debuted at No.5. Sales for the wrestling title were down 44% year-on-year.
Further down the Top Ten, Private Division's The Outer Worlds entered the monthly charts at No.8, with 78% of the sales going to PS4, versus 22% for Xbox One -- the title was available on Xbox Game Pass though, which would partly explain this divide.
Ghostbusters The Video Game Remastered and Ring Fit Adventure respectively debuted at No.14 and No.15, while Sony's MediEvil remake had to settle for No.18, having only been on shelves for a couple of days when GfK closed its report for the month.
Last but not least, Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville debuted at No.27, with a fairly equal divide between PS4 (54%) and Xbox One (46%).
It was overall a weak October at retail, with unit sales down 39% year-on-year -- though Red Dead Redemption 2 launched at the same period last year, boosting the market.
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November 7th, 2019, 20:46 Posted By: wraggster
Despite only being on sale for two days, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has stormed to the top of the EMEAA charts in terms of both digital and retail sales.
Naturally, that also makes it the best-selling game of the week in the combined charts for the region, which encompasses 43 countries.
Activision's latest blockbuster fended off competition from a variety of new releases, as did EA's FIFA 20, which dropped no lower than No.2 in the retail and combined charts, and still managed to secure a No.4 in the download rankings.
FIFA was denied the digital No.2 spot by the ongoing success of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (up 16 places to No.2) and Grand Theft Auto V (a non-mover at No.3). Rainbow Six appears much higher in the digital charts than it does in either retail or combined, suggesting downloads are the biggest source of sales at the moment.
The PS4 remake of Medieval was the next biggest new launch overall, at No.3 in the combined and retail charts, and No.5 in download.
Next came WWE 2K20 at No.4 in the combined charts, also outselling Obsidian's acclaimed The Outer Worlds in the digital charts.
Interestingly, the sci-fi RPG beat the wrestling title at retail, indicating digital sales for the latter may have been the clincher in the combined rankings. (It's worth noting the ISFE charts do not include Game Pass downloads, since these would not count as traditional sales).
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November 7th, 2019, 20:43 Posted By: wraggster
A new report from the NPD shows US consumers have spent a little under $30 billion on video games products and services since the year began.
The company's Q3 2019 Games Market Dynamics: US report states spending for January 1st to September 30, 2019 reached $27.9 billion, a slight increase of 1% year-on-year.
Spending for Q3 (July 1 to September 30) was reported as $9.18 billion, also up 1% year-on-year.
The NPD reported double-digital percentage growth in spending on mobile, subscription services and digital console content, but this was offset by declines across various other segments -- most notably, hardware.
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October 29th, 2019, 22:12 Posted By: wraggster
It's a good week for Activision as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare delivers a very strong first week at UK games retail.
For physical sales alone, the game has sold 39% more units than its predecessor managed (Call of Duty: Black Ops 4) during its launch week. The sales are not as high as 2017's Call of Duty: WWII, but GamesIndustry.biz understands that with digital included, the sales are a lot closer. We won't know the full extent of its digital performance until the GSD charts arrive later in the week.
62% of the game's sales are on PS4, which has the bigger install base and access to the Spec Ops survival mode. 38% of sales are on Xbox One.
The arrival of Call of Duty at No.1 means EA's FIFA 20 slips to No.2. Meanwhile, Mario Kart 8: Deluxe falls from No.2 to No.6 (despite sales rising 2% week-on-week).
The rest of the Top Five are all new releases. At No.3 is WWE 2K20. The game seems to have charted highly, but actually launch week sales are down 31% compared to its predecessor. The title has been criticised in the press for various bugs and flaws, which may have hurt its performance.
Like Call of Duty, 62% of boxed sales are on PS4 with 38% on Xbox One.
Next, The Outer Worlds from Obsidian debuted at No.4. This is an interesting game, because the media and certain consumers may have expected more from the title's performance (it must be noted that this is just physical sales -- digital is not included and will likely make up a significant part of the sales). This new IP has been compared to the Fallout series, reviews were decent overall, and with a (comparative) lack of significant releases this Christmas, The Outer Worlds had been earmarked as a breakout hit.
But just because expectations had risen amongst media and gamers, that may not have been the case for its publisher. The Outer Worlds was published by Private Division, which is Take-Two's smaller label dedicated to independent games. It was also released on the same day at Call of Duty, which suggests the firm was not expecting a big launch (at least not at physical retail). Indeed, when you consider the game was also available via Game Pass, it appears Private Division and Obisidian are hoping it will benefit from strong word-of-mouth and perform well over the full Christmas period.
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October 25th, 2019, 22:15 Posted By: wraggster
60% of European gamers surveyed in a recent study say they're unlikely to buy a games console that does not play physical discs.
The data comes from the latest research conducted by ISFE and Ipsos MORI's GameTrack survey, on behalf of GamesIndustry.biz. The data covers UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy.
Gamers have been increasingly downloading major releases over buying them in boxes. In June, digital games data tracker GSD revealed to us that (during Q1 this year) some markets are now more than 50% digital for AAA releases such as Assassin's Creed, Battlefield, Star Wars, Call of Duty, Tom Clancy and Red Dead Redemption.
The UK was 56% digital for these titles, France was 47% digital, Germany (including Switzerland and Austria) was 50% digital, Spain (plus Portugal) was 35% and Italy was 33%.
Interestingly, the data loosely matches up with the interest in a digital-only games console. According to Ipsos MORI's survey results, 17% of UK gamers would be likely to buy a digital-only machine, French players are 12% likely, German fans are 11% likely, while Spain and Italy are both 6% likely to buy a device like Microsoft's Xbox One S All-Digital.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...games-consoles
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